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THE Winter School in Soil Science held during August 14–23 at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide, was a signal success. It was sponsored by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the University of Adelaide and met under the chairmanship of Prof. J. A. Prescott. Sixty members attended, all directly engaged in work on soils, and representative of universities, State departments of agriculture and of forestry, water supply commissions, Government chemical laboratories and other interests. Papers were presented on classification, physical composition, colour, water relations, acidity and lime requirement of soils; methods of soil surveying and utilization of soil maps and data; spectrochemical and polarographic methods of analysis; methods for determination of soil carbon, soil reaction and soluble salts; the erosion problem in pastoral areas; and other topics. Numerous demonstrations were arranged. As a result of the School, soil investigators throughout the Commonwealth will in future be working in more intimate association and along more uniform lines.
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Soil Science at Adelaide. Nature 144, 704 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144704c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144704c0